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Idea's and suggestios for my front garden please

On 12/05/2013 in forum

from the front garden. I would really love a cherry blossom tree. seen a young one for £40 locally.  Are they easy to look after? Also would love any suggestions on other easy to care for plants I could consider. Preferably wildlife friendly. Would just


Ponds

On 11/07/2012 in forum

algae. Another alternative is to create a second pond below the original and make it as informal and wildlife friendly as you like with at least one shallow sloping side for critters to get in and out and maybe a pebble "beach".  You could think about


Talkback: Fruit flies

On 28/11/2011 in forum

chucked out into the garden when we had stared at their offspring!!I now run a gardening club at a secondary school, where the compost heap in the school garden is rotting away merrily. Whilst developing our wildlife education, we have discovered a simple


Frogs on the allotment

On 07/08/2012 in forum

invertebrates as they get bigger.  You may find advice here http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/reptile-and-amphibian-forums/10066-feed-tadpoles.html Also here http://wildlife.blurtit.com/q401784.html Hopefully there are plants and rocks in your little pond


Pond plants

On 26/02/2010 in Plants

oxygen levels in the water so frogs and other wildlife can still breathe when the pond is frozen over. But there are so many plants to choose from, and - as Horticulture Week pointed out - to date many aquatic plant suppliers are still selling invasive


environmental responsiblity

On 22/04/2013 in forum

.  please can i ask that you think about our native wildlife, frogs, bees, birds badgers etc when treating wood?  we don't fully know the extent that the careless use of poducts has had on our species but we do realise now that we have to save them from


Talkback: Fox droppings

On 28/11/2011 in forum

, although my fox that i feed has a good bowel movement [hard poo]and has good manners as he always poos in the same place,,,,i also worm him........... I have recently heard about cases of apparent poisoning of rats, cats and who knows what wildlife


Talkback: Gardeners and the Big Society

On 10/01/2012 in forum

by; composting the waste from the small animals; harvesting rain water to use in the garden; reusing donated plant pots, fencing and wire.- Making the garden a friendly and sustainable place for wildlife by installing; insect hotels; a small pond


Identify these anyone?

On 10/07/2012 in forum

- but should more groups of them appear - are they considered foe or ought they to be left to go forth and prosper?      I bet they are the larvae of something but don't suppose they'll be identifiable until they get bigger. Perhaps you could carefully cut off


Geoffrey Smith

On 02/03/2009 in Gardeners' musings

I was deeply saddened to hear news that the gardening legend Geoffrey Smith died on Friday, aged 80. Geoffrey suffered a stroke last year, and after being in hospital for several months his family was hoping to care for him at home.Geoffrey was my


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